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LIBERTY — Rebuilding Together Kansas City is an organization striving for safe homes and communities for everyone through efforts including installing new hot water heaters, adding wheelchair ramps, and other home improvements.
LIBERTY — Liberty Police Officer Isaac Hidy was presented the department's 2019 Officer of the Year Award.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
LIBERTY — Courtney Vandendaele welcomes people to come into her store at 10 W. Kansas St. and gently touch the handmade blankets or pillows. The store also includes vases, baskets, accent rugs, table runners, furniture, candle holders and dining table accents. There also is a kids' section.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
LIBERTY — Having served the broader Liberty community since 2016, Liberty Public Schools announced this morning, Friday, Feb. 21, that Assistant Superintendent of Academic Services Beth Heide passed away after a lengthy battle with illness.
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LIBERTY — In the midst of more than two and a half years of legal proceedings after the death of their son, Jake, Jeff and Jamie Wehmeyer along with their younger son, Zane Wehmeyer, are remembering the best things about the 17-year-old aspiring Marine.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
LIBERTY — Jacob D. Mustoe, charged with voluntary manslaughter after the June 2017 death of his friend, Jake Wehmeyer, was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 13, in Clay County Circuit Court to 15 years in prison. Mustoe pleaded guilty in October to voluntary manslaughter for the June 25, 2017, death …
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
The State Board of Education approved standards for the sixth iteration of the Missouri School Improvement Program. As the state’s accountability system for reviewing and accrediting public school districts, MSIP has served as the state’s mechanism for promoting continuous improvement in sch…
LIBERTY — The Liberty City Council approved a five-year naming rights sponsorship with Capitol Federal.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
CLAY COUNTY — Jacob D. Mustoe, charged with voluntary manslaughter after the June 2017 death of his friend Jake Wehmeyer, was sentenced Thursday, Feb. 13, in Clay County Circuit Court to 15 years in prison.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
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LIBERTY — Courtney Vandendaele welcomes people to come into her store at 10 W. Kansas St. and gently touch the handmade blankets or pillows. The store also includes vases, baskets, accent rugs, table runners, furniture, candle holders and dining table accents. There also is a kids' section.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
CLAY COUNTY — The Clay County Economic Development Council will host the 2020 State of the Cities Lunch Friday, Feb. 28, at Harrah's North Kansas City Hotel and Casino, 1 Riverboat Drive, North Kansas City. The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
SMITHVILLE — Northlanders have a new place to order their Taco Supreme and Nachos BellGrande with the opening of Taco Bell, 15700 U.S. Highway 169, in the Smithville Marketplace shopping district.
Sean Roberts
Northwest Editor
LIBERTY— Toska Tiemann initially pursued a degree in secondary education, but changed her path and found a partnership with Chad Wek and his company Unique Painting more appealing.
Kellie Houx
Southwest Editor
A major update of the Clay County Strategic Initiative unveiled a dramatic vision for the area through 2023.
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LIBERTY — “The Sarah Rector Story: Missouri’s First Black Woman Millionaire” will be presented at 5 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 29, at Garrison School Cultural Center, 502 N. Water St. in Liberty.
LIBERTY — A few tickets are still available at the Historic Downtown Liberty Welcome Center, 117B N. Main St., for the 10th annual Wine About Winter event.
LIBERTY — Five years ago, Maggie Thomas performed the works of Andrew Lloyd Webber on the stage at the Corbin Theatre, 15 N. Water St.
Leaders of the Missouri Department of Conservation remind hunters and anglers that annual hunting and fishing permits expire at the end of February, including 2019 permits for small game, fishing, trout fishing and combination hunting and fishing.
LIBERTY — The naturalists at Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary, 407 N. LaFrenz Road, will hold a watch for the American Woodcock starting at 6 p.m., Friday, March 6.
The Liberty Parks and Recreation Department has been working to bring the community together for the Team Up to Clean Up Liberty Parks. On Feb. 17, a handful of community members and city staff united to clean up Ruth Moore Park, 401 Grover St.
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Missouri state girls wrestling has only known one 235-pound champion, and her name is Lexie Cole.
Kearney secured a top-3 Class 3 team finish with two individual state champions at the Missouri State High School Activities Association Boys Wrestling Championships on Saturday, Feb. 22. The Bulldogs scored 113 points, behind only repeating state champion Neosho’s 163.5 and runner-up Lebano…
Four Eagles wrestlers picked up wins at the Missouri State High School Activities Association Boys and Girls Wrestling Championships this past weekend, but none of the competitors advanced to the medal rounds.
Smithville boys wrestling finished fourth at the Missouri State High School Activities Association Boys Wrestling Championships this weekend with four medalists and one state champion. The Warriors scored 90 points, behind defending state champion Neosho’s 163.5, Lebanon’s 114 and Kearney’s 113.
The Blue Jays wrestling team refers to themselves affectionately as “the Wolfpack.” It was clear Liberty coach Dustin Brewer’s pack was hungry at the Missouri State High School Activities Association Boys Wrestling Championships.
Kearney and Smithville swimming and diving teams sent 12 competitors to the Missouri State High School Activities Association State Championships in St. Peters on Friday, Feb. 21 to Saturday, Feb. 22.
The Bulldogs defeated the Warriors 48-36.
The Bulldogs defeated the Warriors 66-53.
SMITHVILLE — Six Boy Scouts acheived the rank of Eagle Scout and received their Eagle Court Honor at Smithville First Christian Church this month. Those honored were: Conor Littleton, Martin Still, Noah Riecker, Nathan Fletcher, Jacob Wornson and Cole French.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Smithville Community in Action Coalition was recognized recently at the Community Anti-Drug Coalition of America Leadership Forum in Washington, DC.
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When you work for an institution that predates the Civil War, you can’t help but be in awe of the opportunity to be part of its legacy.
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